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GBase vs openGauss

GBase: Chinese commercial database family: GBase 8a analytics, 8s transactional cluster, 8c distributed. openGauss: Huawei-originated open-source RDBMS forked from PostgreSQL, with in-memory and column engines.

key differences

  • Licensing: GBase is proprietary (Proprietary commercial license); openGauss is open source (permissive) (Mulan Permissive Software License v2).
  • Horizontal scaling is native in GBase and none in openGauss.
  • Only openGauss has full-text search, vector search, geospatial, json, materialized views.

choose gbase for

  • +Oracle or Teradata replacement in Chinese enterprises
  • +Telecom and government data warehouses
  • +Core transactional systems under domestic-substitution programmes

best at · OLTP, OLAP, Warehouse

choose opengauss for

  • +Chinese banking and telecom core systems
  • +Domestic-database replacements for Oracle in China
  • +HTAP workloads mixing row and column tables
  • +On-prem deployments on ARM servers

best at · OLTP, HTAP, Vector search

GBaseChinese commercial database family: GBase 8a analytics, 8s transactional cluster, 8c distributed.
openGaussHuawei-originated open-source RDBMS forked from PostgreSQL, with in-memory and column engines.
overview
Primary model
Relational
Relational
Also supports
Columnar / OLAP
Columnar / OLAP, Vector, Document
Type
Database engine
Database engine
Status
Active
Active
Developer
GBASE (General Data Technology Co., Ltd.)
openGauss Community (Huawei-led)
First release
2004
2020
Latest version
–
7.0.0 LTS (Sep 2026)
License
ProprietaryProprietary commercial license
Open source (permissive)Mulan Permissive Software License v2
Free tier
—
✓
popularity
WhichDB Score
0.0
6.7
Rank
#739
#357
GitHub stars
–
795
Stack Overflow questions
–
–
scale & guarantees
Comfortable data size
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Large (≤ 1 PB)
Horizontal scaling
Native
None
Multi-region
None
Read replicas
ACID
Full
Full
Consistency
Strong
Strong
Schema
Strict
Strict
Architecture
Distributed, Shared storage, Client server
Single node, Primary replica, Client server, In memory
deployment
Self-hosted
✓
✓
Vendor-managed cloud
—
—
Serverless
—
—
Embedded
—
—
Edge
—
—
Clouds
–
Huawei Cloud
capabilities
Transactions
✓
✓
Joins
✓
✓
Secondary indexes
✓
✓
Full-text search
—
✓
Vector search
—
✓
Geospatial
—
✓
JSON
—
✓
Change data capture
—
—
Triggers
✓
✓
Stored procedures
✓
✓
Materialized views
—
✓
TTL / expiry
—
—
Pub/Sub
—
—
Columnar storage
✓
✓
In-memory
—
✓
Durable persistence
✓
✓
Compression
✓
✓
Encryption at rest
—
✓
Role-based access
✓
✓
Time travel
—
—
Branching
—
—
Online schema changes
—
—
Streaming ingest
—
—
Offline sync
—
—
Runs in WebAssembly
—
—
interfaces
Query languages
SQL
SQL, PL/pgSQL
Client languages
Java, C
Java, C, Python, Go, C#
Best for
OLTP, OLAP, Warehouse
OLTP, HTAP, Vector search
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GBase vs openGauss: FAQ

What is the difference between GBase and openGauss?

GBase: Chinese commercial database family: GBase 8a analytics, 8s transactional cluster, 8c distributed. openGauss: Huawei-originated open-source RDBMS forked from PostgreSQL, with in-memory and column engines. Licensing: GBase is proprietary (Proprietary commercial license); openGauss is open source (permissive) (Mulan Permissive Software License v2). Horizontal scaling is native in GBase and none in openGauss. Only openGauss has full-text search, vector search, geospatial, json, materialized views.

When should I choose GBase over openGauss?

Choose GBase for oracle or Teradata replacement in Chinese enterprises; telecom and government data warehouses; and core transactional systems under domestic-substitution programmes. Choose openGauss for chinese banking and telecom core systems; domestic-database replacements for Oracle in China; and HTAP workloads mixing row and column tables.

Is GBase or openGauss more popular?

openGauss ranks #357 on the WhichDB Score (6.7/100) and GBase ranks #739 (0.0/100). Popularity is not fit: check the requirements that matter for your project.

Are GBase and openGauss open source?

No. GBase is proprietary, closed-source software. Yes. openGauss is open source. License: Mulan Permissive Software License v2.